Baghdad: Any foreign forces deployment in Iraq a “hostile act”
Volunteers of Shia led Hashed Al-Sha’abi vow to defend Iraq, at the Imam Hussain shrine on Arbaeen today. RT reports: Iraq has not requested that any country send ground...
VIDEO: A real speech, from a real Benn
Parliament has just made a decision that this time bombing the Middle East will fix everything, partially on the back of a speech from Hilary Benn. This, in our...
WaPo: Iraqis think US in cahoots with ISIS
Photos have been posted to ISIS-affiliated Twitter accounts allegedly showing ISIS fighters using U.S.-made TOW anti-tank missiles. The Washington Post reports: BAIJI, Iraq — On the front lines of...
Video: Russian military reveals details of ISIS-Turkey oil smuggling
An image released today by the Russian MoD allegedly showing 3,000 tankers and light trucks parked in Silopi, Turkey, near the borders with Iraq and Syria. Russia’s Deputy Defense...
Iraq militias: “We will chase and fight any US force deployed in Iraq”
Shi’ite fighters launch a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of al-Alam March 8, 2015. Photo Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters PressTV reports: Iraq has rejected the need...
A View from the U.S.
by Heather Cottin The US has come so far on its McKindarist-Brzezinski scheme of world domination, that we are now into the EuroAsian gambit for late imperialism on the...
America’s Great Lie. Europe’s Great Shame. Russia’s Great Case.
by Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org The West owes Russia a hell of a lot; but what it owes Russia first is a deep apology, and a welcome...
John Pilger: “From Pol Pot to ISIS: The blood never dried”
Following the ISIS outrages in Beirut and Paris, John Pilger updates this prescient essay on the root causes of terrorism and what we can do about it. Part of...
Thierry Meyssan: “The French Republic Taken Hostage”
As part of our challenging the narrative of the “new 9/11” series Thierry Meyssan, of Voltairenet.org, suggests the French public have paid the price for their government’s dangerous politics....
AFP: Mass grave of ‘Yazidi women executed by ISIS’ found in Iraq
A mass grave site in Khana Sor, Iraq, where ISIS militants executed and buried fleeing Yazidis. Photo Yusuf Sayman/BuzzFeed News Lebanon’s The Daily Start reports, quoting AFP: IRBIL, Iraq:...
Opinion: ISIL and its supporters must face international trial
An image released by ISIL in Iraq. Vladimir Platov writes in Neo Eastern Outlook: International media has been actively discussing the recent publication of the British edition of Mirror Online featuring shocking footage...
Opinion: US not interested in defeating ISIS
An ISIS propaganda point in Mosul, Iraq. RT interviews Sharmine Narwani, a commentator and analyst of Middle East geopolitics: RT: There are more than 60 countries in the coalition...
Video: Iraqi Sunnis escape ISIS-held areas
Still from video below. Iraqi blogger Haidar Sumeri writes in Baiji District Recaptured by Iraq’s Forces in Rapid Offensive: […] upon hearing that Iraqi forces had recaptured Baiji, a...
Iraq Rebuffs Washington, Rejecting US Ground Troops
by Vaska Baghdad has not asked — and does not need — United States ground troops to assist it in its fight against Islamic State in Iraq, Saad Haithi,...
Russia Warns Obama Of “Unpredictable Consequences”
by Tyler Durden for ZeroHedge, October 28, 2015 On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the US would no longer hesitate to engage in...
Iraq authorizes Russia to target ISIS convoys coming from Syria
Photo Reuters State-run Turkish press agency Anadolu Agency reports: The Iraqi government authorized Russia to target Daesh [ISIS] convoys coming from Syria, a senior Iraqi official said. The authorization...
Video: US air-dropped ammunition and supplies to ISIS in Baiji refinery
Still from the video below. On October 16 the Iraqi army and their allied Shiite militias announced they had fully retaken the oil refinery at Baiji from Islamic State...
Video: Iraq wants Russia to bomb ISIL on its territory
We are seeking to have Russia have a bigger role in Iraq […] Yes, definitely a bigger role than the Americans.
Obama’s Case for Syrian War – Proven Lies
by Eric Zuesse President Obama’s central case against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad (and his central argument against Assad’s supporter Russia on that matter) is that Assad was behind the sarin...
Fallujah: the Hidden Massacre
WARNING: This video contains images that depict the reality and horror of what weapons such as white phosphorous can do to living people. It should only be viewed by...
